Planooraph co



s; A. STRICKLAND.

PUMP- APPLICATIQN FILED OCT- M1916.

1,315,257; PatentdSept. 9,1919.

awuewlfom THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co WASNINGLI'ON, D. c.

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SILAS A. sraIoKLANn, or nnrnom nrci-ueen,iissrenonro nnrao r eeonssomns CORPORATION, onnnrnorr, MICHIGAN, .A. CORPORATION or ivucnleenk i fruivrrf Specification of Letters Patent. Sept. 9,1919.

App1ication filed October so, 1916. p Serial Nb. 12:5;440.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, SILAS and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps, of which the following is aspecifi to devices of the particularly adapted for use uponfcertaln well-known makes of motor ears without change in their standard constructiongand which means is so arranged as to firmly hold the pump against longitudinal or rotative movement in either direction in its support, whereby the pump is rigidly and detaehably held in operative position with its shaft detachably connectedfwith the en gine shaft. i e i i,

It is also an object/of this invention to provide means whereby an extensible and contraotible connection is provided between the pump shaft and the engine shaft to. perk mit the pump to be turned upon a screwthreaded engagement with itslsupport into frictional engagement therewith and put a pressure thereon to prevent the pump M from turning in either direction when power is applied to its shaft from the engine shaft.

Withthese and other ends in view,

invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawingin which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pump; illustrating the same. in operative position upon a motor vehicle, parts of thepump and its connecting and supporting means i being broken away and in section to disclose the construction; 1 Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of a cross member of a frame ofa motor A. QTRICKILAnmE a citizen of the United States of America, f residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne Letters Patent No.

The object of this invention to pijovide simple and efficient means for thepurpose;

the pump shaft vehicle, showing a bearing support for the pump thereon Fig. 3'18 asectional detail or a modified form of support for the pump and showing portions of thd'pump and the frame i cross member in section, and. i 1

"Figfi l is a frontelevation of a portion of the frame cross member andthe shownin Fig. 3 appliedthereto. f

The invention resides in the means for supportingqthe pump in operative position and connecting"thecrank shaft A" of the pump A with the crank shaftB of the mocasing is preferably provided with a de tachable plate or cover 1 tocloseone side ofits crank case, which cover is preferably formed with an extended tubular hub portion or collar 2 having a screw-threaded portion3 witha shoulder 4 adjacent the end: of the said screw-threaded portion, The tubular hub or collar 2 forms a bearing for the crankshaftA of the pump which shaft extends into and is substantially coextensive with said tubularhub or collar. y

The pump shaft 181 is bored axially inward from its outer end a short distance as shown at 5, to receivethe reduced end portion 6 of an extensionor connecting member 7 having a clutch member or head 8 at its inner end "provided with slots 9 to receive a cross pin 10 on the projecting endof the motorshaft B. The opposite or reduced outer end 6 of the member 7 is provided with a cross pin 11 to engage longitudinalslots12Lcut inwardly from the inner end of the crank shaft A; The slot and. pin connections between the ends of the member 7 and the pumpshaft and engine shaft respectively, provide a loose longitudinally adjustable connection between i and engine shaft, and to hold the connectingmember 7against free longitudin l lay when the. pump is n plaoe'and Ioperatively connected w th the engine shaft by the member 7 a co1led spring 18 is placed upon the reduced end portion} f the member 7 between the end ofthe pump shaft and the shoulder 14 formed on said. member 7 by the reduced endportion. p i

As illustrated, a motor vehicle isprovided A with a frame cross member O having an opening therein substantially in alinement with the end ofkthe engine shaftflthrough support tor of a self-propelled vehicle. 1 The pump which opening the usual starting crank may be inserted'toengage the engineshaftand start the en when the engine starter which 1s commonly provided on motor vehicles, fails to op-- A tubular member 1s riveted or 7' When it is desired; toplace the pump in operative position upon the motor vehicle fortheipurpose ofpumping up a tire or providing a supply of airfor other purposes, the tubular vhub or collar 2 is inserted through the member 15 and opening in the 7 connected with the inner end of the pump shaft A andthe clutch member 8 is thus brought into engagement with the end of the cross memberC with the connecting member engine shaft.- :The screw threaded portion 3 ofthe pump hub is then engaged with the screwthreads ofthe member 15 by turning the pump casing bodily until the shoulder 4E is brought up hard against theend face of the supporting member- 15.

This prevents the pump casing from turning bodily in either direction about the axis of its crank shaft when power is applied thereto from the engine shaft by the starting of the engine by means of a starter. The pump is thus rigidly supported upon the cross member-Q independently of the pump' shaft and rigidly Jheld against turning and against longitudinal movement in its support.

v The turning of the pump casing until its shoulder dis brought into engagement with the end of the supporting member 15,

when theclutch member 8 is fully engaged with the pin 10 on the end of the engine shaft, is permitted by the pin and slot connection between the outer end of the member 7 and the pump shaft, said pump shaft being thus free to move endwise a limited distance after the clutch member has engaged the pin 10. The spring 13 being interposed betweenthe end of the pump shaft and the- -:member 7 exerts a pressure to hold the clutch Sen-gaged with the pin 10 and prevents endwise movement of the member 7 whichw-ould otherwise be free to take place duerto the pin 11 beingffree to slide in the slot12. c v

In Figs. 3 and 4- a tubular bushing or supporting member 16 is secured within the opening in the frame member C by pro- 1 receive the nut.

viding a shoulder on the bushing to engage the inner side of the frame member and a nut 17 n to engage the outer face thereof, the bushing being externally screw-threaded to The plate or cover 1 is formed with the tubular hub exten sioin 2 as gine in case of emergency, of"

in the previously described construction and itis also formed with an annular flange 18 which is internally screw-threaded to engage the exterior of the outer end of the bushing 16 and thus form a tubular sup porting member for the pump casing. This tubular supporting flange is concentric with the axis of the pump shaft and is thus adapted to rigidly support the pump with its crank shaft projecting through the supporting bushing 16 and with the tubular bearing therein out of contact with the bushing. The end face of the supporting flange is adapted to engage the nut 17 and thus prevent the pump casing from turning bodily in either direction.

Obviously, the screw-threaded member which forms the support for the pump casing may be attached to or be a part of some other member of the motor vehicle than the cross member C as shown, and it is also obvious that the member on the pump casing to engage said screw-threaded supporting member may be formed integral with the casing as shown or may be a separate part secured thereto. Other changes in the particular construction and arrangement of parts may also be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and I do not, therefore, limit myself to the particular form, construction or arrangement shown.

What I claim is t Means for detachably mounting a pump body on the front end of a motor vehicle with the pump shaft in alinenient with and coupled to a motor shaft, said means comprising a fixed screw-threaded member on the vehicle substantially concentric with the axis of the engine shaft, a shaft bearing for the pump shaft rigid with the pump body, and a tubular supporting member into which the bearing projecls and with respect to which the latter is non-rotatable, said supporting member being screwthreaded to engage the threads on the first mentioned threaded member, whereby the pump body is detachably supported and pre- Vented from rotating in either direction in respect to the engineshaft.

2. Means for detachably mounting a pump body on the frontend of a motor vehicle with the pump shaft in alinement with and coupled to a motor shaft, said means comprising a fixed threaded member on the vehicle, said member having an opening therethrough substantially concentric with the axis of the motor shaft and having threads substantially concentric to the opening, a shaft bearing for the pump shaft rigid with the pump body, said shaft projecting beyond the bearing and through the opening, and a tubular supporting member into which the bearing projects and with resp eet to which the latter is non-rotatable, said supporting member being threaded. to,

engage the threads on the first mentioned threaded member. l

3, Means for detachably mounting a pump body on the front. cross bar of amotor vehicle with the pump shaft in alinement with and coupledto the engine shaft, said body is detachably supported and prevented from rotating in eitherfdirection in respect to the engine shaft. i

4. Means for detachably mounting a pump upon a motor vehicle with itscrank shaft substantially in alinement with and coupled to an engine shaft, said means c01nprising a fixed supporting member on the vehicle having an opening to receive the pump shaft and provided with a screwthread, and a member rigidly carried by the pump and provided with a screw-thread concentric with the axis of the pump shaft to engage a screw-thread on the supporting member, said rigidly carried member and said supporting member having surfaces adapted to be brought into abutting relation by turning said members relatively in screw-threaded engagement, whereby the pump is rigidly and detachably supported and held against turning bodily in either direction about the axis of its shaft.

5. Means for detachably mounting a pump upon a motor vehicle comprising a motor shaft, a pump shaft, a rigid screwthreaded supportin member on the vehicle and a fixed screw-t readed member on the pump casing, said threads on each member being substantially concentric with the axis of the pump shaft, and means for loosely connecting the pump shaft to the motor shaft to permit an inward movement of the pump shaft after said means has been brought into engagement with the engine shaft.

6. Means for detachably mounting a pump upon a motor vehicle comprising a motor shaft, a pump shaft, a rigid supporting member on the vehicle, a rigid member on the pump to engage the supporting member and arranged to force the pump toward said member, and a loose connection between the pump shaft and the motor shaft to detachably connect the pump shaft and engine shaft.

7. Means for detachably mounting a pump upon a motor vehicle with its shaft detachably connected to the engine shaft of l the vehicle, comprising a supporting member on the vehicle having a screw-threaded surface and a member on the pump having a thread to engage the screw-threaded surface and rigidly hold thepump bodyfwith the pump shaft in substantial alinement with an engine shaft on the vehicle and. frictiorl ally hold the pump. v i

Means for detachably mounting a pump upon a motor vehicle, comprising means for detachably connecting the pump shaft *and a motor shaft on the vehicle, a,

rigid: supporting member and a member on 1 the pump toengage said supporting mem-v ber, said f-members having lllfiGllOCklllQ means adapted to move said pump bodily in a direction longitudinally of its shaft, and

said connectingmeans being adapted to per mit alongitudinal contracting movement of said'punip shaft relative to said engine "for detachably mounting a pump upona motor vehicle with its shaft detachably; connected to theengine shaft of.

said vehicle, comprising a rigid screwthreaded supporting member on the vehicle and a rigid screw threaded member on the pump to engage the supporting 1nember, a connecting member to detachably engage the engine shaft, and means for loosely connecting said connecting member and said pump shaft to permit a relative longitudinal movement of said pump shaft and connecting member.

10. Means for detachably mounting a pump upon a motor vehicle with its shaft detachably connected to the engine shaft of said vehicle, comprising a screw-threaded supporting member and a member on the pump having a screw-thread concentric with the axis of the pump shaft to engage the screw-thread of the supporting member, a connecting member between the pump shaft and the engine shaft having a reduced end portion, the pump shaft being provided with a bore in its end to receive said reduced portion and also formed with a slot, and a pin on the reduced end portion of the connectingmember to engage said slot.

11. Means for detachably mounting a pump upon a motor vehicle with its shaft detachably connected to the engine shaft of said vehicle, comprising a screw-threaded supporting member and a member on the pump having a screw-thread concentric with the axis of the pump shaft to engage the screw-thread of the supporting member, a connecting member having a clutch member at one end to detachably engage the engine shaft and a reduced end portion at its opposite end, said pump shaft being bored to receive said reduced ,end and slotted inwardly from said end, a pin on the reduced end portion to engage the slot, and a spring interposed between the end of the pump shaft and a shoulder on the connecting member formed by said reduced end portion.

12. In combination, a perforated front brace of the frame of a motor vehicle and an engine shaft extending longitudinally of said vehicle in alinement with the perforation in said brace, together with a detachable tire pump having a pump shaft in alinement with and coupled to the engine shaft, and a member projecting from the pump and arranged to engage the brace upon being moved rearwardly substantially parallel to the engine shaft, whereby the pump is prevented from rotating in both directions.

18'. In combination with. a fixed portion and a driven shaft of a motor vehicle and a detachable tire pump having a pump shaft in substantial alinement with and detachably coupled. to the driven shaft, means for engaging the fixed portion of the vehicle to prevent rotation of the pump body in both directions in respect to the driven shaft, said means comprising a member that is brought into rotation preventing relation with the fixed portion by a movement otherwise than substantially at right angles to the axis of the driven shaft.

14. In combination with the engine shaft and with a fixed portion of a motor vehicle, said fixed portion including the front cross bar, a detachable tire pump having a pump shaft in substantial alinement with and detachably coupled to the engine shaft, means for preventing rotation of the pump body in respect to the engine shaft, said means including a single member arranged to engage the front cross bar and prevent rotation of the pump body in both directions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SILAS' A. STRICKLAND.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. Donn, C. R. STIOKNEY.

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Washington, D. G. 

